Includes index

Part two: Treatments and procedures. Amputation -- Artificial airways: endotracheal tubes -- Basic life support for health care providers -- Chemotherapy -- Chest tubes and pleural drainage -- Dialysis -- Enteral nutrition -- Immunotherapy and targeted therapy -- Mechanical ventilation -- Ostomies -- Oxygen therapy -- Pacemakers -- Parenteral nutrition -- Radiation therapy -- Tracheostomy -- Urinary catheterization

Part three: Reference appendix. Abbreviations -- The join commission official "Do Not Use" list -- Blood gases -- Blood products -- Blood sounds -- Commonly used formulas -- Characteristics of common dysrhythmias -- Electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring -- Glasgow coma scale -- Heart sounds -- Intracranial pressure monitoring -- Laboratory values -- Lung volumes and capacities -- Medication administrations -- Temperature equivalents -- TNM classification system -- English/Spanish common medical terms -- Urinalysis

"Designed for portability, this clinical companion provides at-a-glance access to the information you need for more than 200 medical-surgical conditions and procedures. Completely updated content mirrors the revisions in the new 11th edition of Lewis's main text: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. This clinical companion is organized alphabetically for quick reference and includes a variety of full-color illustrations, summary tables, and a handy reference appendix full of laboratory values, Spanish translations of key phrases, and other information commonly used in nursing practice."--Provided by publisher